This Thanksgiving holiday, local law enforcement is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promote a high-visibility Click It or Ticket seat belt awareness campaign.
For the duration of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend through Monday, the law enforcement community will be working together to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur when vehicle passengers fail to buckle up. If you’re unbuckled, you may be pulled over and issued a ticket.
During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2022, there were 326 passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes across the nation, with 43% unrestrained. Driving or riding in a vehicle while not wearing a seatbelt proved to be deadly at any time of the day during the holiday weekend – 47% of those killed in nighttime crashes were unbuckled and 38% of those killed in daytime crashes also were unbuckled.
Make sure you and all passengers fasten seat belts so everyone can have a happy holiday weekend.
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